I used to work in the NIH, which was a node on the experimental 'Internet 2' hi-speed network for research & education. Even 10 years ago I could get synchronous 300 megabit or better, 5 hops from the boundary - Gigabit ethernet was in its infancy.

Any downloads that can max that out finish in about 5 minutes anyway, and i can play an online game while watching netflix on the other computer while my fiancee watches netflix in the living room without any noticeable hiccups, so... Better upload would be nice occasionally.

Fios is the competitor here. It's laid out so badly, that, everytime the neighbor cut his grass the contractors would have to resplice the fiber. I was tired of the 3-4 day wait of no phone/cable/internet I switched. No complaints since.